Need some serious traction advice

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Last night at the local street scene, I couldn't keep my rear end straight at all for the first 60 ft or so. I had to pull out of a race against a 98 cobra because I almost got completely sideways out of the hole. I'm easing on the launch and riding the clutch out, and waiting until I get a good footprint on the pavement, but as soon as I get to 3/4 throttle, my rear just completely breaks loose. I am going to get some drag radials hopefully soon and I've got some KYB shocks and struts that are going on the car today, but other than that, the suspension is stock. What else should I be looking into? Upper and lower control arms come to mind, but which ones? Are the MAC's any good? I can get a decent deal on those.


Basically I've got three questions that I'd like your opinions on:

1. Which drag radials should I choose? It never rains here so that's not an issue, and I would need them to last as long as they could before replacing them because my mustang budget isn't too healthy right now.

2. Which control arms do you suggest?

3. What other options should I be looking at that I haven't mentioned to help with my traction / hole shot problem?

The car is a daily driver and does far more street duty than track duty. Check sig for details on the car.

Thanks for any input,
Dave